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Can AI decode sperm whale language? A Northeastern physicist explains how Project CETI pairs whale clicks with dive data.
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Endangered red wolf pups Cane, Champ, Puck, Stormy and Whaler prepare for transport from Durham to a new conservation center in New York.
This Week: Politics 101, 20th Street Bikeway, Muni Trivia
Here is a list of events this week. Monday/Tonight! SF Politics 101 with Joel Engardio. Learn how local politics shaped San Francisco. Monday/tonight, October 19, 5:30-6:45 p.m. SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street, S.F. Wednesday 20th Street Protected Bikeway Ribbon Cutting. The Oakland Department of Transportation, city officials, Bike East Bay and other community partners will celebrate the completion of the 19th Street BART to Lake Merritt Urban Greenway. Wednesday, October 21, 1:30 p.m. 400 Thomas L Berkley Way, Oakland. Thursday 2026 Silver SPUR Awards. This SPUR event brings together elected officials and business, civic, and philanthropic leaders to celebrate four individuals and their contributions. Thursday, October 22, 4-7:30 p.m. Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA, 700 Howard Street, S.F. Get tickets here. Friday Woman and Non-Binary Morning Ride. Join the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition for a socially distanced bike ride for women and nonbinary cyclists. Friday, October 23, 7:15-8:45 a.m. McLaren Lodge, 501 Stanyan Street, S.F. Friday Muni Trivia Night. Bring your friends or come solo and make some new ones. Friday, October 23, 7:30 p.m. Standard Deviant Brewing, Pier 70, suite 195, 1070 Maryland Street, S.F. RSVP here. Saturday Fifth Annual Firefighter Family Ride. Join SFFD, SF Safe Routes to School, and the SF Bicycle Coalition for a fun, low-stress bike ride through one of the city’s most beautiful routes. Saturday, October 24, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Panhandle Park Blacktop (Fell & Ashbury) to JFK Promenade (Whale’s Tail). Sunday Canvas for No on Prop G. Join the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition to canvas for No on ‘G’ to save Sunset Dunes Park. Sunday, October 25, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Marina Blvd & Laguna Street, S.F. Got an event we should know about? Drop us a line.
'Whalefall' Writer Explains the Real Science That Drives the Survival Thriller
What happens in 'Whalefall' is surprisingly accurate to the real ordeal, tapping deep into primal human fears.
Can You Get Actually Swallowed By A Whale? Here's The Real Science Behind 'Whalefall'
'Whalefall' is a whale of a tale, but poor Austin Abrams might be a little luckier in reality.
‘Whalefall’ ending explained: Who survives? What happened on the boat? How does it differ from the book?
Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin star in Whalefall, a heart-racing thriller based on Daniel Kraus’ novel. Who survives? What happened on the boat? How does it differ from the book? Here’s the answers.
Could a whale swallow a human, “Whalefall” style?
In the new movie “Whalefall,” a scuba diver has a very bad day in the guts of a sperm whale. Could it actually happen?
'Whalefall' takes audiences inside 'the yuckiest escape room ever'
With “Whalefall,” director Brian Duffield thinks he might have the most beautiful stomach on screen in movie history. Though that might depend upon the beholder.
Hundreds of whale calves have mysteriously died in Patagonia — and scientists are racing to find out why
Scientists are racing to explain why hundreds of southern right whale calves have died this year in Argentine Patagonia, and the first clues are starting to emerge.
Commentary: The time for keeping beluga whales captive for our entertainment has passed
Editor’s Note: Since this column was written, another transferred beluga died on Oct. 7.
HX Expeditions Arctic season sets science record
HX Expeditions concludes Arctic season with 26,491 citizen science contributions and world-first AI whale detection trial aboard Fram.
Nuclear traces in whales' teeth help scientists reconstruct their life stories
New analysis of traces of radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing trapped in the teeth of stranded whales has helped scientists reconstruct their life stories.
Scientists Urge Consumers to Stop Buying Products Made From Antarctic Krill
A new global boycott comes as major retailers withdraw krill products from their shelves to protect whales and other marine life.
Bob Kustra and Jenny Kustra-Quinn: The time for keeping beluga whales captive for our entertainment has passed
There is no legitimate reason for us to deprive belugas of the right to flourish.
HX Expeditions Closes Arctic Season, Largest-Ever Science Data Collection
The Arctic’s largest expedition cruise operator reports 26,491 citizen science contributions, new use of science AI for whales and announces extension...
Whales can't hear each other in the noisy ocean. This inventor has a solution 200 years in the making.
A new type of boat propeller could turn down the volume.
Scientists search for answers as baby whales wash up dead in Argentina
Scientists in Argentina are trying to find out why unusually high numbers of baby whales are washing up dead along the Patagonian coast
A mysterious organ in the sperm whale's head gives it the power to sink ships
A survivor of the shipwreck that inspired the novel Moby Dick had a theory about how a sperm whale could destroy a vessel many times its size – 200 years later, he's been proved right.
A mysterious organ in the sperm whale's head gives it the power to sink ships
A survivor of the shipwreck that inspired the novel Moby Dick had a theory about how a sperm whale could destroy a vessel many times its size – 200 years later, he's been proved right.
The Polish Pavilion Dissolves You in the Politics of Sound
At the Venice Biennale, whale songs become a means for communication, opening up a dialogue on accessibility.
Blowhole nebulizer helps cure beluga whale's pneumonia
The vets needed to get creative when antibiotics weren’t moving the needle for her chronic condition.
Scientists sound alarm over new endangered species rules
Scientists and environmental advocates say Trump administration changes could put species like the North Atlantic right whale in harm’s way.
Humpback whale mother may have mourned her dead calf for days
Researchers observed a humpback whale mother staying beside her presumed stillborn calf for hours and possibly days off Australia’s Gold Coast. She maintained eye contact and remained close to the calf in behavior resembling caregiving and nurturing. Scientists say the rare observation may provide new insight into grief, maternal attachment, and emotional complexity in humpback whales.
In March 2025, a baby colossal squid was filmed alive in its natural habitat for the first time, a translucent animal about a foot long drifting 1,968 feet down near the South Sandwich Islands. The species was named a century earlier from two arm crowns recovered from a sperm whale's stomach.
A century after scientists named this deep-sea giant from whale stomach contents, a camera finally captured one alive—and it looked nothing like expected.
Whales Have Rebounded in the Southern Ocean. Scientists Worry Commercial Fishing Could Threaten Their Comeback.
Researchers are calling for stricter regulations on krill fishing in Antarctica as climate change shrinks the habitat of whales’ primary prey.
'It is extremely rare to witness': Scientists record humpback whale mom grieving her stillborn calf in first-of-its-kind footage
Researchers in Australia captured footage of a female humpback whale repeatedly diving to make eye contact with her stillborn calf and lay next to its body on the seafloor.
Tiny krill are turning up in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Scientists want to know why
Antarctic krill serve as a crucial food source for penguins, seals, and whales. They recycle nutrients used by algae. Now researchers say they've found krill in a surprising place: hydrothermal vents.
Scientists gathering in Newport say gray whales won’t go extinct, but declining numbers are a warning
As many questions as answers floated around the Hatfield Marine Science Center this week as researchers drawn from thousands of miles pondered the perilous fate of the Pacific gray whale.
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: NOAA Fisheries takes a ‘sharp turn away from science’
The agency’s focus on commercial interests threatens fisheries science and over one million miles of protected marine habitats. By Johnny Sturgeon, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. In July, the Trump administration relegated endangered leatherback turtles, sea lions and whales to mere collateral damage in its race to profit from the oceans. Now, fisheries science is in […]
Humpback whales can sing for up to 16 hours without stopping, and scientists have found their songs are synchronized with every dive — different themes line up with the descent, the deep-water phase and the climb back to the surface
The whales aren't just singing—they're composing underwater symphonies that match the architecture of their own bodies in motion, revealing a hidden layer of sophistication in one of nature's most mesmerizing performances.
All known life uses 4 DNA letters; UC San Diego showed an existing bacterial enzyme can accurately read and transcribe 8, doubling the genetic alphabet with synthetic letters
All life on Earth, from bacteria to blue whales, writes its genetic instructions using the same four-letter alphabet. These four DNA bases, usually referred to as A, T, C and G, pair up in predictable ways to store and pass on the information needed for life.
Meet Lindsey Stallworth: A 16-Year-Old Who Accidentally Discovered A 34-Million-Year-Old Whale On Her Family's Alabama Farm - Futura-Sciences
The thing that identified the animal was a single tooth, and it is the same feature that corrected the same mistake in Alabama nearly two centuries ago. Lindsey Stallworth had been picking up shark teeth and fossil shells on her family’s timber property in Monroe County, Alabama, since she was...
Chicago aquarium shares health update on Marineland belugas after whale deaths
CHICAGO — A Chicago aquarium says several of the belugas that were transferred to its site from Ontario's Marineland have health issues.
Australia’s humpback whales were acting weird. What happened next surprised scientists.
A citizen science project uncovers a new humpback whale calving ground around the Great Barrier Reef.
Australia’s humpback whales were acting weird. What happened next surprised scientists.
A citizen science project uncovers a new humpback whale calving ground around the Great Barrier Reef.
Could a whale really swallow a human? We asked a biologist.
The new thriller ‘Whalefall’ depicts a diver trapped inside of a sperm whale.
How a bill about whales turned into a warning sign for Democrats
House Democrats can taste the post-midterm power. They also fear the dysfunction that may come with it.
Chicago's Shedd Aquarium shares health update on rescued belugas after 3 whale deaths
Chicago's Shedd Aquarium says some of its rescued beluga whales are showing signs of improvement, while others continue to face health concerns following the recent deaths of three whales.
Neal, longtime incumbent, beats Whalen, an educator, political newcomer
He held off challenger Jeromie Whalen with less than 10% of the vote.
Neal, longtime incumbent, beats Whalen, an educator, political newcomer
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal has retained his seat as the congressman for the 1st Hampden District. He beat out school teacher Jeromie Whalen.
August research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed
Also: A surprising connection between whale calls and special relativity, tiny sound-powered drones, and more.
Could humans ever communicate with whales?
Ever since the earliest known recording of whale song was made in 1949, researchers have been captivated by the wails, rumbles, clicks, grunts and squeals of their communication. As technology improves, scientists are decoding the intricate patterns that make different species’ vocalisations distinctive. Madeleine Finlay hears from Emma Bryce, a journalist who has spent months investigating human efforts to understand whale song. She explains how this knowledge could help us better protect whales from human-made harms.Credits:1. Valeria Vergara/Raincoast Conservation Foundation2. Footage courtesy of Raincoast Conservation Foundation - Obtained for research under SARA permit XMMS 4 20263. Video by Amanda Cotton/Project CETI4. Footage courtesy of Valeria Vergara and GREMM. Obtained for research under SARA permits QUE-MM02-2016 and QUE-LEP-001-20185. Project CETI6. Project CETI
Over 2,000 animals spotted off the coast of Cape Cod
Whale sharks and blue whales and rays, oh my.
Scientists Team Up With “Unconventional Collaborators” of the Cetacean Kind to Study Greenland’s Warming Oceans
Scientists come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes, that shape is a blubbery 1,000-kilogram whale with a 2-meter tusk.
Discover ‘A Sea of Baby Orcas’ at Environmental Science Center on Friday, Aug. 28 - The B-Town (Burien) Blog
Registration is open for A Sea of Baby Orcas – A FREE storytelling, art engagement, and Southern Resident Killer Whale conservation education event on F...
Whale Song Appears To Travel Faster Than The Speed Of Sound Without Breaking Einstein's Theory Of Special Relativity
A phenomenon observed in whale song makes soundwaves appear faster than they should be. It's possible in light, too, but despite whales being very smart, they haven't found a way to break the speed limit of the universe… yet.
907 Sports: Sights and sounds from gameday in the far north
In this first ever 30-minute episode of 907 Sports, we travel to Utqiaġvik to see how the Barrow Whalers fared in their home opener, as well as meet some of the community supporting their team. Plus, UAA and UAF begin their fall athletic seasons, NFL teams shore up their rosters ahead of Week 1, and your host comes face to face with the Arctic Ocean!
Three rescued belugas arrive at SeaWorld San Diego after 2,500-mile journey from Canada
Ever since Canada's Marineland shuttered in 2024, there has been a scramble to find homes for 30 beluga whales who were once kept there.
Your Weekly Michigan Political Brief
The League of Conservation Voters Action Fund has endorsed Democrat Abdul El-Sayed for the U.S. Senate. VoteVets announced its endorsement of Callie Barr, Democratic candidate for Michigan’s 1st Congressional District. Ben Ambrose, Democratic candidate for Michigan’s 2nd Congressional District, has been endorsed by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 951. Joanna Whaley, Democratic candidate […]
Whale Club Mixes Art, Science at The Good Supply
To cap off the summer season, The Good Supply will host Whale Club, an art-based science fair from 1-5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26.
Did life-friendly planets really form just after the Big Bang? Science stirs debate - Futura-Sciences
Standard models of galactic evolution indicated that the universe needed several billion years after the Big Bang to produce enough heavy elements for rocky planets. Vorobyov and co-author Daniel Whalen at the University of Portsmouth tested the accuracy of the time scale using computational models. Their team found evidence that...
Southern right whales have bumpy ‘fingerprints’ on their heads
Photographs from citizen scientists and whale watchers help identify the cetaceans off the coast of Patagonia.
Science meets art beneath the sea in Phoenix's latest immersive experience
Dive beneath the waves in Phoenix! Sounds of the Ocean is a 47-min immersive experience of marine life, whale songs & ocean art at the Dorrance DOME.
Scientists Have Found a Way That Energy Could Outpace The Speed of Light
Inspired by whalesong.
Blowing bubbles helps resting sperm whales avoid floating to the surface
They are the only whales known to rest vertically in the water, with their heads pointing upward.
Scientists Are Starting To Understand The 'Largest Biomechanical Event on Earth': Whales Hunting For Food on a Single Breath
If your heart slowed that much, you'd probably pass out.
This chaplain may become first trans person elected to Michigan legislature
Joanna Whaley is favored to win the heavily Democratic district in November.
MLB trade deadline: The best non-Tarik Skubal moves
The Dodgers caught the white whale at the deadline, but plenty of other trades will have an impact
Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
Also: Cyborg diving suits for cockroaches, why sleepy sperm whales blow bubbles, Betelgeuse's companion star.
Science news this week: Secret lives of whale sharks revealed, Earth's coldest temperature registered, and Amazonian geoglyphs show clues to lost civilization
August 1, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend
Provincetown Carnival names whale-saving group as grand marshal
Center for Coastal Studies will lead the Provincetown Carnival parade in honor of 50 years of research and conservation in Cape Cod Bay and beyond.
Sperm whales blow bubbles to help them nap
The large toothed whales are known for their signature vertical sleeping skills.
Orcas Keep Punching Giant Sunfish to Smithereens, And Scientists Are Mesmerized
Orca SMASH!
Scientists attach cameras to whale sharks, capturing how the world’s biggest fish hunts like never before
For decades, marine scientists have watched whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), the world’s biggest fish, from boats and while snorkelling. They could only catch glimpses of the world’s largest fish gliding through tropical waters.
Using Citizen Science to ID Southern Right Whales in Patagonia
Learn about how MCAF Fellow Florencia Vilches is working with local whale-watching guides off the Argentinian coast.
Why JPMorgan is 'the only business' that can 'weather any downturns'
JPMorgan (JPM), Citigroup (C), Bank of America (BAC), Goldman Sachs (GS), and Wells Fargo (WFC) all reported second quarter earnings results on Tuesday. Whalen Global Advisors chairman, Chris Whalen, shares his take on JPMorgan's record results and CEO Jamie Dimon's recent warning.
47 revelatory hours with Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced
To review this month’s supposed remake of 2013’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, I must first correct the record. Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced isn’t a game about pirates (and assassins) in the 18th century Caribbean. Sure, sure, that’s what the trailers would have you believe. They’ve go their clips of Edward Kenway swinging his swords and steering his pirate ship into cannon-blasting combat against British frigates. Is Resynced truly a pirate game? Of the 47 hours I spent playing Resynced over the past few weeks, I will admit I spent maybe 44 (?) of them collecting plunder with Blackbeard, drinking rum with Anne Bonny and debating the pros and cons of the lawless pirate-run settlement Nassau with Benjamin Hornigold. I may in fact have spent dozens of hours sailing to remote islands, reading treasure maps, opening messages left in bottles, sinking the odd Man o’ War with a well-timed broadside, collecting sea shanties for my crew, befriending a pet monkey, and hunting whales. I am nevertheless neither so Gullible nor so Narrow-Minded as to call the magnificent Resynced a “pirate remake.” Oh no. Forget any reviews of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced you may have read. Forget what you yourself may have played, if you’ve spent any time with the game since its launch. What Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is really about I’m here to give you the scoop (spoilers for Resynced’s Animus menu lore, which many players are probably not going to see): Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, the new game whose development was led by Ubisoft Singapore, is set in the year 2096. It’s about a societal split, about revolution, about an old Assassin’s Creed adventure repurposed in the series’ distant future as propaganda or samizdat. It’s about the overheated future of 2096, essentially conquered by the series’ well-established nefarious Templar-run company Abstergo. (In this future, Abstergo is, among other things, remaking a 2013 pirate movie called Devils of the Caribbean, but this time in VR. The VR version will be backed by a marketing plan that involves AI influencers, a 10,000-avatar “metaverse premiere event” and that manufacturing of memes aimed at “50 million VR nodes.” See what I mean about Abstergo being evil?) Resynced is about a late 21st-century population mollified by the widespread use of Abstergo’s Animus devices which let people experience the lives of historical figures culled from “genetic memories.” It’s about an insurgent faction of Assassins. And it’s about a plan to wake the population into revolutionary fervor by showing them the memories of 18th century pirate Edward Kenway, who—as depicted in the original Black Flag and again in Resynced—gradually comes to an understanding about the Assassins of his day and their centuries old fight for freedom. Resynced is also about an AI developed within the late 21st-century Animus, called Ego. It has found a way to alter genetic memories, to create and show Animus users false ones. The game is about Ego’s efforts to tell the people experiencing Edward Kenway’s memories that Kenway was wrong, that fighting against order is folly, that we should crave a world where “compliance is rewarded with power.” Who are we in this game? We’re an unnamed Animus user in 2096 who experiences Kenway’s journey virtually. At four moments during Kenway’s exploits in the Caribbean our virtual jaunt can be interrupted for 10-15 minutes, as we explore Animus “rifts” where Ego explicitly tries to tell us how wrong Kenway was. None of this is what 2013’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag was about, of course. That was a different game, even if you also spent dozens of hours pirating as Kenway in that game, across missions and a map that’s been faithfully reintroduced and rebuilt for Resynced. The 2013 Black Flag was about you playing as an unnamed researcher newly hired in 2013 by Abstergo Entertainment, the video game development wing of the Templars’ evil-corp. In that game, you were assigned to use the Animus to dive into the genetic memories of Desmond Miles, a man who died in Assassin’s Creed III and who was descended from a long line of Assassins (and at least one Templar) whose adventures were featured across the prior AC games. In 2013’s Black Flag, your mission was to plumb the Edward Kenway experience for material that Abstergo could use in productions such as the motion picture Devils of the Caribbean, though the Templars had some ulterior motives for the assignment. Resynced is therefore not a remake of 2013’s Black Flag. It’s a sequel. It is a new game about a new exploration of Edward Kenway’s pirate/assassin journey, set 83 years after the framing sequences of the original game. Resynced provides a new narrative framework that, thanks to the concept of an AI that wants to alter historical memories, arrives with creative justification to tweak a now-classic 13-year old game. That makes Resynced, already a hot seller, a tantalizing hint of where Ubisoft could go with a line of Assassin’s Creed remakes. They could remake the first game, the Ezio games, even the recent ones set in ancient Egypt and Greece. And for each, they could not just modernize the graphics and controls but expand and alter their sequences of events to use them as reference points for a conflict set in the late 21st century, as rival factions try to weaponize historical memories. Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, even when that work consists of ravings about Assassin’s Creed’s modern day plot, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe A story most players will probably miss If you didn’t know any of this, I’m not surprised. If you played the game and still didn’t catch it, I’m not a bit shocked. If Ubisoft has no plans to do more of this, I won’t fall down. Almost all of what I’ve described is optional and missable in Black Flag Resynced. I nearly missed it myself, as I planned for a breezy playthrough of an old Assassin’s Creed favorite. Instead, I found myself in a 40+ hour hunt for the “real” story, buried deeper in Resynced than any gold-filled chest. The story of 2096 is Resynced’s meta-story, told in two remote pockets of the game: 1) four optional playable “rifts” that players may find as they proceed through Resynced’s pirate fantasy , 2) in dozens of text files tucked three menus deep in the game’s barely-interactive Animus hub. Assassin’s Creed games have almost always had a meta-story about people in the 21st century (usually matching the game’s release year) and their connections to the main history portions you play. Those meta-stories have always been squeezed into the margins, though seldom as severely and as, uh, graphiaclly simple, as in recent games. Back in 2013, the modern-day exploits of you as an Abstergo Entertainment employee were prominent. They were portrayed via first-person portions that occasionally interrupted the third-person Kenway experience and could be explored for hours, complete with their own missions, side quests and puzzles. Resynced’s 2096 story—of Assassin “Watchers” vs. Abstergo/Tempar goons, of rogue AIs, of panicking scientists, of a woman wondering why her Animus-addicted husband is muttering about Mary Read (“What does he mean by Assassins?”), of a fight for the population’s hearts and minds via varying interpretations of Edward Kenway’s life choices—is mostly told through unlockable text files. The files are interesting. Offered via diary entries, intercepted chats and news reports, they present varied perspectives of a world in crisis. One set works as a narrative puzzle as it reveals the Rashomonic interpretations of a massacre, or was that a successful Assassin hit? Another favorite reveals the rising bitterness of a person who, through Edward Kenway’s journey, now shakes at the ignored evil around him. One surmises that Ubisoft is averse to putting the Assassin’s Creed’s meta-story in the way of more marketable pirate playgrounds and ninja/samurai epics. Instead, we get a better-than-nothing text-in-menus approach introduced in 2025’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows. In Shadows, players unlocked the meta-story text files largely via time-gated missions that called on the user to kill X number of enemy type Y, clear three enemy castles, re-win a three-phase fighting tournament, and other grinds. Time restrictions on accessing these missions and unlocking the files meant it could take players months to access the full story in-game. But even in the most hardcore Assassin’s Creed hangouts, the fanbase instead seemed to throw up their hands rather than grind to keep up. In Resynced, Ubisoft has shown some mercy, diminishing the amount of new text files that are tied to timed grinds. Now, most of the text-based 2096 lore are associated with “data file” collectibles that players can find in the world. That includes a batch of written entries that explain a historical link between the feudal Japan era in Shadows and the piracy adventures in Black Flag. Players who explore a lot will find dozens of data files, though the game does not appear to offer any in-game tracker for finding each one. You just need to keep looking for them. As of this writing, I have most of them, but not all. I can’t find any full guide for them online. And even Ubisoft’s optional $5 microtransaction that reveals lots of items in-game does not appear to reveal the locations of the text files (at least the official description omits them from its collectibles list). That’s not a huge bother, because tracking the data files down compelled me to re-explore the waves and islands of Black Flag. That was a thoroughly pleasant task to do for the first time in a dozen years. I expect many players, though, will be content to wait for the files to be reproduced in an online AC wiki somewhere, the easier to read on a web page. It may not seem enticing to play a video game in order to gradually unlock pages of text to read. Why not, you may ask, just read a book, where they put the pages in order? For one, they’ve not tucked this latest installment of Assassin’s Creed’s meta saga in a book. I also enjoy the unordered delivery, the dawning comprehension of a story about 2096’s desperate people and questionable tech, which I glimpsed first at its middle, then the end, then the front, then other moments in between1. I am also enamored with the idea of the Assassin’s Creed games I’ve previously played, including Black Flag, being repurposed for an information war. The ideas in Resynced’s meta-story, which builds off characters and ideas in Shadows’ chunks of text, are strong. The potential of where they could go with it is exciting. As for the pirate stuff? Looks great, controls pretty well, is fun to play and oh so speedy in terms of how much of a good time you can have with each sit-down. It never gets old to chase a new shanty page across a rooftop, bombard a fort with upgraded mortars or use a diving bell to explore sunken wrecks (hats off to the team at Ubisoft Barcelona that worked on the underwater portions in Resynced; that team is now facing layoffs, such is the misery of modern gaming and oft-troubled Ubisoft). New pirate missions in Resynced involving new ally characters are brief, dramatic and add more to Edward’s story, even if the gameplay perks they provide barely enhance the gameplay. A new denouement for high-class pirate Stede Bonnet is affecting; a new hunt for Blackbeard’s treasure is a welcome extra moment. A new epilogue to hunt down a pirate killer, on the other hand, over-complicates Kenway’s character. The ending credits remain my favorite of any game I’ve ever played. Black Flag provides great source material. The revisit is well-made and a great sign of what could be. It is offered in a different wrapper that hints at an opportunity for more interesting remakes to come, should Ubisoft choose to pursue such treasures—and as we brace to resist or comply with an Abstergo future. 1 The messages that Edward Kenway finds in bottles tell another out-of-order story, one about a man reckoning with the strange memories and voices he’s heard in his head since he was a boy. That tale was also in the 2013 game and develops into one of Black Flag’s most compelling character arcs. In Resynced, it has lost its climax, because the bottle story previously paid off in the halls of the first-person Abstergo Entertainment, which is exclusive to the older game. An altered resolution, written by the 2013 game’s lead writer is fine, doesn’t invalidate the 2013 version, but makes for an inferior final note.
Hatfield Marine Science Center celebrates blue whale skeleton
Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport will hold a celebration of its recently installed 70-foot-long blue whale skeleton this week.
Hatfield Marine Science Center celebrates blue whale skeleton
Newport's Hatfield Marine Science Center celebrates its new 70-foot blue whale skeleton, one of only five on display in the U.S., a decade after it washed ashore in Oregon.
The Plan To Make Climate Science Harder To Erase
As climate information disappears from federal websites, scientists are rebuilding it elsewhere.
Marineland Canada's Beluga Whales Going to U.S. Marine Entertainment Facilities - The Whale Sanctuary Project
The 30 surviving beluga whales at Marineland Canada will be distributed among commercial facilities in the United States.
A rare blue whale skeleton is coming to OSU's marine science center
A rare blue whale skeleton found near Gold Beach in 2015 will soon go on display at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center after a decade-long preservation effort.
Listen to whales to improve connection, care & ocean health (commentary)
Seventy years ago, Le Monde du Silence, a film by Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle, depicted the ocean as silent. Today, we know that the ocean is filled with the melodies of millions of vocalizing sea creatures, from the crisp snapping of shrimps to the complex singing and speaking of whales. In fact, the first […]
Young humpback whale freed from a death trap in Alaska
The whale was entangled in crab pot lines at Endicott Arm near Juneau.
Students immersed in marine science during camp
MOREHEAD CITY — From microscopic sea life to majestic whales, county middle and high school students are spending June and July learning about everything ocean related during innovative marine science
The Weird, Disturbing Origins of the Paleo Diet
Should we all be eating manatees and whales?
Inside the Oregon coast's hands-on marine science center
The Charleston Marine Life Center offers touch tanks, whale skeletons and hands-on exhibits while connecting visitors with marine science on the Oregon coast.
These Award-Winning Science Photos Capture the Beauty—and Weirdness—of Research
From fluorescent mosquitoes to scientists swimming alongside whale sharks, Nature's annual photo contest offers a rare look at science in action.
Scientists stunned by the world’s largest whale “graveyard” millions of years old - Futura-Sciences
The Hidden Depths of the Diamantina Zone Deep beneath the Indian Ocean, researchers from China, Italy, and New Zealand got more than they bargained for during their recent expedition. Exploring the remote Diamantina Fracture Zone—which formed during the separation of Australia and Antarctica—the team operated the Fendouzhe submersible, a machine...
PLA’s plan on US carriers; world’s largest whale graveyard: 7 science highlights
From a Chinese firm releasing images of Nvidia and Apple HQs to SpaceX’s IPO, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.
How blue whales became Earth’s largest creature—ever
Yes, even bigger than the dinosaurs.
Scientists find a whale graveyard in the Indian Ocean that’s millions of years old
Scientists have documented a whale graveyard in the Indian Ocean with some carcasses dating back 5.3 million years, and it's supporting a thriving community of marine life.
This Week in Science: World's Biggest Scorpion, a Whale Graveyard, And More!
Our weekly science news roundup.
This Week in Science: World's Biggest Scorpion, a Whale Graveyard, And More!
Our weekly science news roundup.
A submersible ride revealed a vast whale graveyard. And it holds more than just bones
Researchers found a huge whale graveyard dating back millions of years, with fossils, modern carcasses and deep-sea scavengers, some of which may be new to science.
For 5 million years, whales have come to this place in the Indian Ocean to die
Graveyard discovered by Chinese team is Earth’s deepest and most extensive for whale fossils, carcasses and the ecosystems they support.
An ancient whale graveyard in the Indian Ocean teems with life
Located up to 23,000 feet below the surface of the southeastern Indian Ocean, the site spans the largest area and is so far the deepest and oldest found.
World's largest whale graveyard discovered by sub at bottom of ocean: "Completely unexpected"
Scientists discover a deep whale graveyard that is teeming with life
Scientists have unearthed marine communities thriving on a millions-year-old whale graveyard
Scientists discover a deep whale graveyard that is teeming with life
Scientists have unearthed communities of marine life — including jellyfish, tubeworms and brittle stars — thriving on a millions-year-old whale graveyard. A whale's sheer size and the unique chemistr...
Scientists discover ‘graveyard’ of whale skeletons in an ocean abyss off Australia
Deposited over millions of years, the whale necropolis is covered with deep-sea species, many of which are new to science.
What a toy whale tells Pacific Northwest scientists about the potential for renewable tidal energy
Northwest researchers are working to understand the impact of underwater tidal energy turbines on wildlife.
Beluga whales keep switching mates and it may be saving their species
Hidden beneath Arctic waters, beluga whales have long kept their family lives a mystery. By analyzing DNA from more than 600 belugas in Alaska’s Bristol Bay over 13 years, researchers uncovered a surprisingly flexible mating system: both males and females regularly have offspring with different partners over their lifetimes.
Arctic Ocean passed a tipping point and scientists say it may never recover
The Arctic Ocean may have crossed a dangerous tipping point. Scientists say the rapid disappearance of sea ice is triggering a hidden chemical shift that is stripping the ocean of nitrate — a nutrient essential for the tiny plankton that support Arctic life. As nitrate levels plunge, the entire food web could feel the impact, from fish and seabirds to whales and polar ecosystems.
What could alien life look like? These Earthlings offer clues.
Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.
Scientists found a dead whale 1,288m deep in the Pacific. They filmed it for 20 years – and discovered this
Researchers studied a whale decomposing at the bottom of the ocean and found that its body sustains deep-sea creatures for decades.
St. Louis Science Center “The Blue Whale Story” opens Saturday
The Blue Whale Story exhibit features immersive activities and life-sized models including a replica skeleton and the world’s only full-scale Blue Whale heart model.
That new blue whale exhibition at the Science Center? It's big
The show's highlight is an 80-foot-long replica of a real blue whale skeleton.
Two Whales Just Broke a Migration Record Scientists Didn't Expect
"Challenges what we thought we knew."